Background: Enteric fever is a global health problem and rapidly developing resistance to various drugs makes the situation more alarming. Drug sensitivity in Salmonella enterica serovar typhi and Salmonella enterica serovar paratyphi A isolated from 45 blood culture positive cases of enteric fever was tested to determine in-vitro susceptibility pattern of prevalent strains in northern India. Methods: Strains isolated from 45 blood culture positive cases of typhoid and paratyphoid fever over a period of three years were studied and their sensitivity patterns to chloramphenicol, ampicillin, ciprofloxacin, ceftriaxone, nalidixic acid, amikacin and ofloxacin were analysed. Results: Our results show a high sensitivity of both Salmonella enterica serovar typhi (96%) and Salmonella enterica serovar paratyphi A (100%) to chloramphenicol. Sensitivity to ciprofloxacin and amikacin was 88% and 84% respectively. All the isolates were sensitive to ofloxacin, nalidixic acid and ceftriaxone. Sensitivity of Salmonella enterica serovar paratyphi A was 100% to chloramphenicol, ciprofloxacin, ofloxacin, nalidixic acid and ceftriaxone, 95% to amikacin and 30% to ampicillin. Overall 44 out of 45 isolates of Salmonellae were sensitive to chloramphenicol. Conclusion: These findings suggest changing pattern of antibiotic resistance in enteric fever with reemergence of chloramphenicol sensitivity in northern India.
MJAFI 2007; 63 : 212-214
The prevalence of microalbuminuria was assessed in 174 albustix negative hypertensive patients by estimating albumin in the morning random urine samples by immunoturbidimetric method within four hours of voiding of urine. The urine samples were not stored and collected without any preservatives. The urinary albumin was calculated in terms of ratio with respect to urinary creatinine and expressed as albumin creatinine ratio (mg/g). Out of 174 albustix negative hypertensives, 58 (33.3%) patients were found to have microalbuminuria. The prevalence of microalbuminuria in males and females was found to be 34% and 30.7% respectively. No correlation was found between the Body Mass Index (BMI) and albumin excretion (r 2 = 0.0271) and between duration of hypertension and urinary albumin excretion (r 2 = 0.0042). Prevalence of microalbuminuria in nonsmokers and non-alcoholic hypertensives was 20%. The prevalence in alcoholics, smokers and both smokers and alcoholics was found to be 35%, 42% and 41% respectively. The high prevalence of microalbuminuria than the various reported studies on the subject demands establishment of a screening programme for microalbuminuria, implementation of specific intervention methods and education of hypertensive patients about the consequences of smoking and alcohol on possible involvement of renal system.
Age-related decrease in bioavailable sex steroid levels is associated with BMD in healthy Indian men. Bio-E(2) was found to be an independent predictor of BMD.
BACKGROUNDThe limitations of the conventional methods for diagnosing tuberculosis (TB) have spurred multi-faceted research activities throughout the world.This study aims to explore the levels of adenosine deaminase (ADA) and interleukins in pleural effusion of tuberculous, malignant, and miscellaneous origin for differential diagnosis of tubercular and non-tubercular effusion.
METHODAdenosine deaminase was estimated by kinetic method employing xanthine oxidase while interleukins were measured using commercially available ELISA kits in pleural fluids of tubercular and non-tubercular origin.
RESULTSPleural fluids INF-γ, sIL-2R, TNF-α and ADA were significantly higher in TB group (n = 48) as compared to the non-TB group (n = 33) (mean ± SD:INF-γ; 1,958.7 ± 896.5 pg/mL vs 356.9 ± 733.6 pg/mL, sIL-2R; 6,101 ± 1,753.8 pg/mL vs 3,166 ± 2,611.1 ± pg/mL, TNF-α; 195.5 ± 292.1 pg/mL vs 59.7 ± 128.9 pg/mL, ADA; 123.6 ± 81.8 IU/L vs 48 ± 48.5 IU/L, P < 0.01).
CONCLUSIONINF-γ is more sensitive and specific than ADA for the diagnosis of TB and should be added to the armamentarium of the diagnostic workup of pleural fluids for timely and accurate diagnosis of TB and differentiation of tubercular pleural effusion from non-tubercular effusion.
Prevalence of GDM and abnormal delivery in women < 35 years of age is low. Therefore, global screening for GDM may not be very useful in women < 25 years of age unless family history of DM or past history of abortion is present. Existing evidence is inadequate to justify the switchover from O'Sullivan's criteria for diagnosis of GDM.
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